Thread by @tsuzukinelson

I'm often juggling multiple projects at a time.

It feels natural between work, friends, classes, hobbies, etc.

But sometimes, working on too many things at once can slow us down.

Here are 4 benefits to limiting your work-in-progress: 🧵👇

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1. Improved focus

When you limit your work in progress, you can focus.

You can have increased access to flow.

You can allocate all your cognitive resources to one goal.

Plus, it just feels good to focus.

Having too many things on the go can leave us feeling scattered.

2. Less context switching

It produces waste each time you context switch.

You have to load a different project into your working memory...

...and then again once you switch back.

Every switch takes time and energy, which is a tax on your productivity.

3. Increased motivation

When you limit your work-in-progress, you finish projects faster.

This can provide forward momentum and drive to continue striving towards your goals.

When you don't limit work-in-progress, projects drag on.

They demotivate us.

Then we drag on too.

4. Fewer decisions

Less work-in-progress means fewer things to juggle.

Fewer things to juggle means fewer decisions to make.

Fewer decisions to make means less time thinking and more time doing.

That means less confusion.

That means less time spent being stuck.

Here are 4 benefits to limiting your work-in-progress:

1. Improved focus
2. Less context switching
3. Increased motivation
4. Fewer decisions

Sometimes the way to move faster--more effectively--is to do less work, better.

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